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Hieroglyph   /hˌaɪroʊglˈɪf/   Listen
Hieroglyph

noun
1.
Writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible).  Synonym: hieroglyphic.
2.
A writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt.  Synonym: hieroglyphic.



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"Hieroglyph" Quotes from Famous Books



... course, the case was just the other way. The god was never a symbol or hieroglyph representing the sun. The sun was a hieroglyph representing the god. Primitive man (with whom my friend Dombey is no doubt well acquainted) went out with his head full of gods and heroes, because that is the chief use of having a head. Then he saw the sun in some glorious crisis ...
— A Miscellany of Men • G. K. Chesterton

... a picture is more or less a hieroglyph or symbol of story. Apart from a few technical terms, for the display of which he finds an occasion, the work is considered absolutely from a literary point of view; indeed, from what other can he consider ...
— The Gentle Art of Making Enemies • James McNeill Whistler

... never read accounts of great or good men without learning some profitable lesson. If we cannot, like Ledyard, defend Gibraltar, sail round the world with Captain Cook, project trading voyages to the north-west coast, study Egyptian hieroglyph'ics, and traverse the dreary northern zone on foot,—we can, at least, learn from him the important ...
— Parker's Second Reader • Richard G. Parker



Words linked to "Hieroglyph" :   writing, writing system, orthography, hieroglyphical, hieratic, hieratic script



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